Occupation of Japan and Allied Demobilization Plans
The report outlines Allied military occupation steps in Japan led by MacArthur with Halsey entering Tokyo Bay, and details demobilization targets, including President Truman seeking extended drafts and bonuses to boost volunteers. It notes de Gaulle urging continued U.S. aid, postwar reconstruction needs, and Britain preparing to resume talks, with loans and credits via Export-Import Bank and Bretton Woods mechanisms.
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Atsugi Airfield
Tokyo
MacArthur
Admiral Halsey
3Rd Feet
Tokyo Bay
Missouri
U.S
Iowa
South Dakota
U. S
Halsey
Jonathan Wainwright
Corregidor
Nimitz
Japan
Army
Congress
Navy
Truman
Washington, D. C
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Europe
France
Halifax
Britain
Bretton Woods Bank of Reconstruction and Rehabilitation
Postwar Tax Cuts Hover Over Budget News
Forecasts for reduced income taxes for individuals and corporations accompany a high Peacetime budget of 26 billion dollars. House Republicans predict relief for reconversion, including a 20 cent cut for individuals and the end of the excess profits tax on corporations, alongside continued spending for defense, veterans, and debt interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knutson
Rep
Minn
Treasury’s Tax Evasion Campaign Urged by Vinson
Fred M. Vinson writes on the Treasury Department’s push against tax evasion. He outlines manpower strain, wartime work, and the plan to recruit 6,000 investigators to deter evaders, protect honest taxpayers, and recover lost revenue, stressing morality and wartime sacrifice.
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Treasury
Drew Pearson
Fred M. Vinson
Secretary of the Treasury
Medis Washington
Treasury Department
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Bureau
Babe Ruth Warns on Sawdust Balls Hurting Youth Baseball
Walter Winchell’s column is filled with Babe Ruth’s warning about materials used for youth baseballs and equipment. He argues government limits on essentials would protect kids, urging focus on middle players like Hank Greenberg and reform to keep education in baseball, not wreck the game.
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America
United States
Eisenhower
Halsey
MacArthur
You
States
New York
Hank Greenberg
Hank
Esquire
Florida
Charley Gehringer
Electrification Boosts REA Borrowing Across 31 States
REA loans spur construction as government control eases on steel copper and aluminum sales. Claude Wickard says Congress authorized 200 million dollars for this year with 100 million already allotted for immediate spending by borrowers.
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Rural Electrification Administration
Claude Kk. Wickard
REA
Congress
Gas tax revenues rise in states since March
State tax records show gross collections from motor fuel and gasoline levies increasing since March, hinting at higher totals this year than in 1943 and 1944. In 1944, 48 states gathered $747,363,000 from motor fuel and gasoline taxes, 38.6 percent of the $2,036,517,000 from major excise taxes nationwide.
Reconversion: Goods on Way
Government removal of output controls drives expectations of 600,000 cars this year as reconversion expands civilian production. Prices to track 1942 levels under new OPA rules amid eased rationing. shortages eased for rubber textile tin and other goods. Knives scissors vacuum cleaners refrigerators and small appliances to flood markets by year end. paper products and textiles to follow. Nylon silk rayon controls lifted for early hosiery stocking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Folding Table Top Toy Chest Pattern 252
Instructions describe a folding table top toy chest made from plywood scraps with rope handles and wheels. Features include a lid that folds open, a stenciled starry top, and simple decoration guidance with a color guide. Pattern 252 offers illustrated directions and a color guide for easy, craft-friendly completion.
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Miss Munt
Mather
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Chiang Kai-shek
Far East
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Ferdinand Schuchart
International Telephone and Telegraph
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Gillette Safety Razor Company
F. W. Woolworth
George von Giesche Erben
Anaconda Copper Company
Deutsche Hollerith Maschinen
International Business Machines Company
Ffty
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Gestapo
Fred Vinson
Walter Winchell
Babe Ruth
Ben Epstein
Ruth Wyeth Spears Redford
Poromiy Amuur
Hollywood 2
Beuth
Perthias
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
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